Machine for manufacturing fences



(No Model.) R. J.; AULTMAN.

MACHINE POR MANUFACTURING FENGES.

No. 340,476. Patented Apr. 2o, 188.6.

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UNTTE STATEs Tries PATEE T RILEY J. AULTMAN, OF OLARKS, OHIO.

vEiTEECJLEIEATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,476, dated April 20, 1856.

Application filed November 28, 1885. Serial No. 184,205. (No model.)

1b aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, RILEY J. AUL'LMAN, a citizen ofthe United States,residingat Glarks, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Machines for Manufacturing Fences, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improved fence making machines.

The object of the invention is to produce a simple and cheap machine which shall be light, portable, and by which a fence may be made at the place where itis designed to be used.

The kind of fence which it is my object to manufacture is one in which series of pickets or slats are woven into place by wires,which,`

in connection with the pickets, form the fence.

To the accomplishment of the above the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the device for holding the picket in position while the wire strands are being twisted therearound, and in the combination, with such device, ofthe strandtwister,as will be described and claimed hereinafter.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention relates may know how to make and use the same, l". willnow proceed to describe it in connection with .the accompanyv` ing drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional view showing the arrangement and manner of operating the wiretwisting wheels. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine in position for work, and also showing the section of completed fence; and Fig. 3, a front elevation ofthe device.

. In the drawings, A A represent uprights, upon which are mounted wheels B, provided with holes b,of a number corresponding with the strands of wire employed at each point of binding the slats. The frame is mounted upon any suitable piece,G,which may be provided with wheels, if desired, or so formed as to slide readily over theground,in order to change the position of the machine as the frame is formed.

Drepresents wires, which are placedin pairs, and any number of the pairs may be employed to render the frame sufficiently rigid. These wires are passed through the wheels B, and

are twisted by turning the said wheels. The preferred means of operating these wheels is shown in Fig. l. This consists in providing the wheels with projections c upon their periphery, which are engaged by an endless chain, E, which receives motion through the wheel F, which is provided with a handle, G.

H' H represent levers, which are mounted in projections I from the main frame of the machine, and these projections are provided with a series of holes, i, for the reception of a pin, upon which the levers are 'fulcrunied, the number of holes allowing the levers to be mounted at any desired distance from the frame. These levers are connected at their inner ends,and at this point they are provided with a handle, J, for moving them in or out, for the purpose hereinafter set forth, and they are pivoted at the point J, so as to allow their inner ends to be moved in or out. vAt points near their outer ends each lever H is provided with a pin, L, secured to the lever at right angle to the side thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Then the levers are oper ated to force their outer ends toward the pickets, these pins L come in contact with the pickets, and serve to hold them securely in place.

l represents a stop placed at any desired point upon the side piece, and each picket, as it is placed in the fence, has its position determined by being rested upon this stop.

In the operation of the machine the wires D are first stretched from the starting-point bto any suitable distance and drawn taut, they being passed through the holes b inthe wheels B of the machine. Then the parts are in this position, the pickets are introduced between the members of the several pairs of the double strand of wire. In placing the picket in position it is iirst rested upon the stop K, to determine its height, and when the machine is ready for the reception of this picket the levers H are in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. upon their ends, arein position to engage with the picket when it is placed upon the stop K. After the height of the picket has been determined, the handle J,placed at thejuncture of the inner ends of the levers H,is forced inward toward the machine, thus carrying their outward ends and the pickets with them.

In this position the pins L,

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When the picket has been placed, the handle G is given two or three revolutions, and thus motion is communicated through the chain E and wheels B to the wires,which are therebyv for the purpose set forth.

2. In a fencemakngmaehine, the combina tion, with suitable frames and Wiretwisting Wheels mounted therein, of projections or brackets I, secured to the frame,levers H, pivoted in said brackets or projections and provided with pins L and handle J, and stop K, secured to the frame, as and for the purpose Setforth.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RILEY J. AULTMAN. Vtnessesi GEO. XV. HULL, A. J. BELL. 

